UFC Poll: Which heavyweight do you enjoy watching most?
The UFC has recently launched a consumer feedback service called UFC BackTalk. It is a web based survey tool allowing the UFC to acquire key feedback from its fans. They want to know stuff like what kind of fan are you (casual, hardcore), how long you’ve been a fan of MMA, if you watch other promotions, where you watch UFC pay-per-views, how you use UFC.com, and a bunch of other touch points... [Read More...]
Arlovski appears at Pavement Wars; Medrano wins WW Title
Andrei Arlovski was in Chicopee, Mass., Saturday night hosting “Pavement Wars.” an MMA event put on by the National Amateur Fight League promotion. The fights were held outside, in a parking lot. This was a night of professional fights, with several fighters from the former Extreme Fighting International promotion on the card. In the main event, Rhino Fight Team’s Mike Medrano... [Read More...]
Scorpion King 2: Behind the scenes (video)
The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior was released this past Tues, 8/19, on DVD and Blu-ray. Randy Couture plays the big bad guy in the flick, Sargon. This clip is a behind the scenes look at one of the fight sequences in the movie. Enjoy. Read More →
5 Oz. Feature: Putting the UFC lightweight title picture into focus
I get many emails and questions about the UFC lightweight division with people asking things such as “what happens to the title if B.J. Penn versus Georges St Pierre doesn’t happen until after the New Year?” And “if Kenny Florian is not the number one contender, than who is?” Or, “how many wins does Tyson Griffin need before he gets a shot at the title?” And people... [Read More...]
Paying for Tito Ortiz is like “buying a pair of expensive jeans and paying for a label.”
Not too long ago I wrote a piece about Tito Ortiz and whether or not he was worth Affliction’s money. My feeling is that he’s not and while he is worth a good deal and big bucks, he’s not worth a deal that pays him more than any MMA star in the game. It looks like someone in the MMA industry agrees with me and lays it out perfectly. From NBC Sports: “The problem with signing Tito... [Read More...]
NBC Sports’ MMA Fight Weekly: Amir Sadollah and Lorenzo Fertitta
Report: Jay Hieron agrees to fight Drew Fickett at Affliction II
Sherdog is reporting that Jay Hieron has verbally agreed to a bout against Drew Fickett at Affliction: Day of Reckoning in Las Vegas in October. Fickett has yet to come to an agreement with Affliction and his manager notes that negotiations are ongoing. Should he sign, however, it appears that he will be facing off against Hieron in a 170 lbs. matchup. Hieron last fought on an IFL show in April, recording... [Read More...]
UFC 88 Video: Joe Rogan and Dana White preview UFC 88
Report: Noons vs. Diaz rematch officially off
It looks as if we won’t be seeing that K.J. Noons vs. Nick Diaz rematch on the October EliteXC card after all. There has been a lot of jabbering between the two sides in the past couple of days and according to MMA Rated, the bout is now officially off of the October 4 EliteXC card on CBS: It was hoped that both sides would reach some sort of agreement but, according to EliteXC VP Jared Shaw,... [Read More...]
Report: IFL champ Wagnney Fabiano signs with WEC
The Brazilian magazine Tatame is reporting that the IFL’s last remaining champion, Wagnney Fabiano, has signed a contract to fight in WEC’s featherweight division. Fabiano apparently is already thinking about the current WEC featherweight champion, Urijah Faber: “Faber is the best of the world now. To beat him, I think you have to be in a good shape. He’s an expert fighter and he has... [Read More...]
UFC 88 Video: Matt Hamill talks Rich Franklin
Kimbo Slice vs. Sean Gannon for Oct. 4 ruled out
Multiple reports in recent days have suggested that Boston-area police officer and one-time UFC competitor Sean Gannon was under consideration to fight Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson on Oct. 4 during EliteXC’s third-ever show on CBS television. The bout would be a rematch from their controversial “street fight” several years ago in which Gannon won despite uncertainty of... [Read More...]
Lofton vs. Kuchera: HDNet Fight of the Week (video)
In our second installment of HDNet Fights’ Fight of the Week, we have a classic brawl between light heavyweights from Maximum Fighting Championships 16. Jason Kuchera (3-2) and Aron Lofton (3-0), two relative newcomers to the mixed martial arts game, go at one another with everything they’ve got in a bloody war. This may not be the most technical fight in the world but it’s damn sure entertaining. The... [Read More...]
EliteXC responds to Silva’s suspension
EliteXC officials are now speaking out about the California State Athletic Commissions’ announcement Thursday that EliteXC heavyweight champion Antonio Silva had been suspended for a year and fined $2,500 after testing positive for the anabolic steroid Boldenone following his July 26 title win over Justin Eilers. “We respect the California commission and the job they do. We always enjoy... [Read More...]
Olympic gold medalist Satoshi Ishii challenges Fedor
Dave Meltzer of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Japanese Olympic gold medalist in judo, Satoshi Ishii, challenged Fedor Emelianenko this past week after winning his medal: In Beijing, China, after winning the gold medal in the superheavyweight division in judo this past week, Japan’s Satoshi Ishii said he wanted to fight “Emelianenko Fedor,” as the legendary Russian fighter is known in Japan. With... [Read More...]
“MMA Live” Episode 15
EliteXC’s Shaw won’t rule out stripping Noons of title
FiveOuncesOfPain.com contacted EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw soon after learning that Mark Dion, the manager for EliteXC lightweight K.J. Noons, had no intention of responding to a 8 p.m. ET deadline on Thursday imposed by the promotion. As a part of the deadline, EliteXC was demanding that Noons’ camp issue a formal response to a bout offer to fight Nick Diaz in a featured bout to be televised... [Read More...]
Dana White confirms schedule for remainder of the year
UFC President Dana White, speaking to Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole, has confirmed the UFC’s plans for the remainder of the calendar year. After getting Montreal fans’ hopes up about a possible return before the end of the year, White revealed to Iole that they won’t be able to hold a second show this year after all. Instead, UFC 91 is planned for Nov. 15 at the Rose Garden in Portland,... [Read More...]
Silva and his manager respond to positive test claim
Alex Davis, the manager for suspended EliteXC heavyweight champion Antonio Silva, recently issued a statement on behalf of Silva via the Underground forum at MixedMartialArts.com in which Silva proclaims his innocence. “Dear Family, Friends, Fans and Public, I did not use the steroid Boldenone, or any other steroid of prohibited substance,” Silva’s statement began. “I don’t... [Read More...]
CSAC suspends Antonio Silva for one year
The California State Athletic Commission alerted the media via e-mail on Thursday that EliteXC heavyweight champion Antonio Silva failed a drug test administered by the commission just prior to his winning the then-vacant title against Justin Eilers on July 26 in a fight televised on SHOWTIME. According to the commission, Silva is accused of testing positive for the anabolic steroid Boldenone. As... [Read More...]
